Meanwhile, the Ukrainian cities captured by Russia in the first days of the invasion continue resisting the occupation. These are today's photos from Kherson, southern Ukraine.
📷t.me/dsszzi_officia…
In the photos, the protestors carry signs reading, "Glory to the warriors of Ukraine," "We are Ukrainians, not the Katsap (derogatory for 'Russian' - Ed.) slaves."
This is today's video from occupied Melitopol, whose citizens demanded to release mayor Ivan Fedorov, abducted by the Russian occupation forces yesterday:
📹 via @ukrpravda_news
Local sources from Melitopol reported that this morning, during the rally that demanded to release the city's mayor, the leader of the protest rallies in Melitopol, Olha Haisumova, was captured too.
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🔴Operational information by the Ukraine army's General Staff as of 24:00, Mar.13:
🔻 The eighteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion is coming to an end.
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🔻Russian occupation forces continue the offensive operation against our state. They are trying to gain a foothold in the occupied positions and maintain the pace of the offensive in certain areas. - Ukraine's General Staff
🔻In order to increase the number of groups in the Polissya, Tavriya, and Pivdennobuzhsky operational areas, the enemy is forming and moving strategic reserves to our borders. - General Staff
The Ukrainian military has destroyed a Russian artillery fire control point using Bayraktar TB2 UCAV, according to Commander-in-Chief Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who has shared a video of the airstrike on Facebook, not mentioning where it has occurred.
Mykolaiv Regional Administration head Vitaliy Kim wrote on Telegram that 200 pieces of Russian military equipment were encircled and destroyed near Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast.
"Near Vasylivka, Zaporizhya Oblast, all the Russian equipment amassed near Melitopol (some 200 vehicles) was completely smashed by our artillery," Internal Affairs Ministry Adviser Anton Gerashchenko reported, adding that the staff was destroyed as well. t.me/Pravda_Gerashc…
Several thousand Kherson residents went to the peaceful rally in a temporarily occupied city on March 13.–Suspilne Kherson t.me/suspilnekherso…
On Saturday, 🇷🇺Russian occupiers planned to hold a so-called "referendum" on the establishment of the "Kherson People's Republic".
At an emergency meeting, Kherson Oblast council🇺🇦 rejected the idea of creating the "Kherson People's Republic" pravda.com.ua/news/2022/03/1…
🇺🇦"Kherson is Ukraine", "Together we are many, and can't be overcome", "Go home while you are alive"– residents are chanting at the rally in temporarily occupied by the Russian troops Kherson
Airstrikes in Lviv Oblast, 20 km from the Polish border
Russian troops fired 8 missiles on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in the morning of March 13,–Lviv Oblast Administration t.me/people_of_acti…
9 people died as a result of airstrikes in Lviv Oblast. 57 were injured–not just the military
>30 missiles were fired near Lviv today, air defense shot down a number. 25 points of destruction were detected.–LvivObl Head informed, asking for no-fly zone facebook.com/kozytskyy.maks…
Foreign instructors work in the International Center for Peacekeeping&Security near Lviv, Ukrainian Defense Minister said @oleksiireznikov:
"This is a new terrorist attack on peace&security near the EU-NATO border. Action must be taken to stop this. Close the sky!"
Russian troops took control of the humanitarian convoy that headed from Zaporizhia to besieged Mariupol on 12 March, Suspilne reported.
"At each checkpoint, the invaders were forcibly seizing food, clothing, hygiene products," according to Zaporizhia Military Administration.
This was the fifth attempt to send a humanitarian convoy to besieged Mariupol, earlier the convoys had to return due to military activity on their route.
As of 22:11 EET, the humanitarian convoy proceeded towards Mariupol, the city of 400,000 under blockade, "despite the dangers and obstacles," according to Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration.
🔴Operational information by the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces as of 18.00, 12 Mar 2022 regarding the Russian invasion:
🔻Due to an unsuccessful attempt to conduct an offensive, the invaders were forced to change tactics.
Due to significant logistical problems and stretched communication lines, the enemy is unable to provide its units with fuel and lubricants, food and ammunition, which encourages the occupiers to resort to looting and looting of locals, shops, pharmacies, etc. - General Staff
In addition, the actions of the occupiers are accompanied by numerous cases of serious crimes against civilians. - General Staff